Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.340 (2026)
“Total disability” defined
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NRS 616A.340 “Total disability” defined. “Total
disability” means incapacity resulting from an accident arising out of and in
the course of employment which prevents the covered worker from engaging, for
remuneration or profit, in any occupation for which the worker is or becomes
reasonably fitted by education, training or experience.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 367)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.117)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1998–2010 · leading case: Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers v. Nevada Self-Insurers Ass'n, 225 P.3d 1265 (Nev. 2010).
Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers v. Nevada Self-Insurers Ass'n, 225 P.3d 1265 (Nev. 2010). “9 NRS 616A.340 defines “total disability” as an “incapacity resulting from an accident arising out of and in the course of employment which prevents the covered workman from engaging, for remuneration or profit, in any occupation for which he is or becomes reasonably fitted by…”
Amazon.com v. Magee, 119 P.3d 732 (Nev. 2005). “NRS 616A.340; see also 82 Am. Jur. 2d Workers’ Compensation § 382, at 353 (2003) (“ ‘[Tjemporary total disability’ is a condition that temporarily incapacitates a worker from performing any work at any gainful employment .”
Washoe Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Bowen, 962 P.2d 1233 (Nev. 1998). “TTD benefits during the 1995 summer recess because she continued to receive a full monthly wage, thus suffering no wage loss, a prerequisite to the right to receive TTD benefits.”
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